In the late afternoon several cars were set on fire, mainly in the prosperous 16th and 17th arrondissement. The police continue to play cat and mouse with small groups of violent demonstrators in the 3rd district, not far from the Pompidou center.

The general level of damage in the center of Paris is much lower than last Saturday, French media reports. According to the police since Saturday morning in Paris 615 people stopped and questioned and 508 arrested.

And Angelique Chrisafis talks to an elderly Marais resident who is relieved not to be "bad":

Angelique Chrisafis (@Achrisafis)

Gilets Jaunes march through the Marais, sing the national anthem and sing "" If you clap vest Jaune and pacifist in the hands ". An elderly lady peeked through the door of a church sale. "It's okay, they're not the bad ones," she said. pic.twitter.com/Mh6twE5C9T

Experienced Parisian reporter and occasional Guardian pollster John Lichfield is on the way as things on Avenue Marceau degenerate. He notes a change from last week's demonstrations:

John Lichfield (@John_lichfield)

The battle now begins on the elegant Avenue Marceau as a large group of urban guerrilla types attempt to march to the Arc de Triomphe. Again, they do not look like the amateur provinces of Gilets Jaunes that were destroyed last week.

The French Interior Ministry denies the rumor that police officers are demonstrators, and calls on people to look for false news.

The Gilets-Jaunes movement is fueled in part by conspiracy theories and false news in social media, including the widespread claim that President Emmanuel Macron has abolished France's constitution or plans to sell France to the United Nations, the World Bank or other international organizations, millions to be taken over by migrants France.

The reports were viewed several million times.

Ministère de l & # 39; intérieur (@Place_Beauvau)

# 8Decembre It is not the forces of the world that tend to use the passers-by for the manifesto. The peuvent intervenir en tenue civile! Méfiez-vous de ce que vis lisez and pictures on the theme of Worldwide. Nos conseils pour décrypter les fausses information ⬇️ #ChampsElysees https://t.co/t29QOE4uJl

Angelique Chrisafis talked to gilet's jaunes demonstrators fleeing tear gas on their way back from Paris:

Angelique Chrisafis (@Achrisafis)

43-year-old Céline, who works in the catering service in a hospital outside of Paris, fled with teardrop gas and her husband and daughter on the Champs Elysées. "The crowd was peaceful and then they shot us," she said. 1.6 pic.twitter.com/Q24xV5DNlo

As part of the stringent security measures designed to prevent a recurrence of riots last week, some demonstrators in the Gilets Jaunes province were prevented from boarding trains to Paris.

A national police spokesman said that officials at stations around the country were stationed and ordered to check all passengers and stop equipment that was used to cause "personal injury or property damage".

The protests of the "yellow vest" spread over France. The Belgian police fired tear gas and water cannons at rock-throwing demonstrators near government offices and parliament, the Associated Press reports.

About 100 were arrested, a police spokeswoman said. In the Netherlands, about 100 demonstrators gathered in front of the Dutch parliament in The Hague for a peaceful demonstration. At least two demonstrators were arrested in the center of Amsterdam.

Donald Trump had this to say about the recent Gilets protest protests (originally stemming from resistance to an increase in diesel tax):

Donald J. Trump (@RealDonaldTrump)

The Paris Agreement does not work so well for Paris. Protests and riots throughout France. People do not want to pay a lot of money to third world countries (which are operated questionably) to protect the environment. "We want Trump!" Sing and love France.

If the Champs Elysées remain relatively quiet, the unrest spreads in other parts of Paris.

According to BFMTV, police and gendarmes on the Boulevard Haussmann and the Grande Boulevards in downtown Paris have used water cannons and tear gas to disperse demonstrators who tried to build barricades with bus stops and benches.